About eduroam at Indiana University

The eduroam
(education roaming) service,
developed for the international research and education community, is a
secure, worldwide wireless network access system that allows students,
faculty, and staff from participating institutions (including all IU
campuses) to access the Internet when visiting other participating
institutions. With eduroam, you can connect to the network at other
member institutions using your IU credentials.

eduroam is managed by the Global eduroam Governance Committee, which
is made up of several regional administrative entities. IU is a member
of eduroam-US. The Committee on Institutional
Cooperation, a consortium of higher education institutions that
includes Big Ten universities and the University of Chicago, has
recommended using eduroam as the official mechanism for cross-member
wireless network access.

You can find lists of current eduroam service providers at the
regional websites:

Authentication is accomplished using a federated RADIUS server
infrastructure. When you enter your credentials at a remote
institution, the authentication dialogue is encrypted between your
laptop and IU's RADIUS servers. Additionally, the authentication
method used by IU is a challenge-response mechanism, so your client
never actually sends your password over the network.

Visitors to IU from other institutions: Connect
to the eduroam wireless network at IU by using your home campus
identity and password. Normally, your identity will be your campus
email address, e.g.,
username@illinois.edu.

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